Recorder (Mar. 1935)

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The present term has been marked
by a quickening of the hfe of prayer
among the students. The atmosphere
of the College has always been per-
vaded by the spirit of prayer. Each
school day begins with a gathering of
students in the Praise and Prayer
Room between eight and nine o'clock,
a meeting which sometimes overflows
into the Lecture Room across the hall.
Every noon period sees some group

•ing apart to intercede for some sec-

(-n of the mission field, the whole
world being covered in this way each
week. E\ery Saturday night the men
and women first meet separately in
their respective common rooms and
then unite in the Praise and Prayer
Room to remember especially the work
in which they are engaged on the
Lord's Day.

This is the usual weekly programme
of prayer. But early in the new year
many of the students began to feel a

dcc|">er need in ilieir own li\es, and a
more urgent desire for the realization
of God's presence and power in their
work. This movement appeared at
first during some of the class periods.
It then took shape in the common
rooms, and there for several weeks
separate groups of men and women
have been devoting an hour e\ery
afternoon to special prayer. Under
the leadership of the Cabinet, the
whole student body. Day and Evening
Classes together, observed the last
week of February as a special week
of prayer.

In view of movements like this in-
side the College, we should like to ask
our praying friends outside to take
the Bible College on their hearts.
Young people of this kind are coming
to us in increasing numbers every year
to find out the will of Cod for their
lives and to be trained to do it. .\1-
ready our new building has proved

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inadequate lo i^nvc them all the train-
ing they sinnild have. More room is
needed to do the work and more help
is needed on the staff. Will our pray-
ing friends put the case before the
Lord, and ask Him, since He is raising
up these young people for the ser\ice

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There never was a time when the
need for real Bible study was more
apparent than at present. To-day
there is a return to the consideration
of the question. "What does the Bible
say about it?" The general education
received at university and the theo-
logical education of the seminary,
while very good in themselves, may
leave a man woefully ignorant of the
contents of the Divine Revelation. Of
what value would a general Arts course
be to a lawyer, if he did not know-
Law'? Xo doubt his knowledge of Law
is enhanced by his general education.
but it would be little satisfaction for
those who must rely on his judgment
to know that he had studied several
years, if at the end of his course he
had not really mastered the principles
of his practice.

There is an increasing demand on
the part of the occupant of the pew.
that the man who occupies the pulpit
shall be a specialist in the knowledge
of God's Word. It is to this ministry
that the Toronto Bible College has
been giving itself for oxer 40 years.
Young men and women w ith a passion
for God's truth go out from the Col-
lege to all parts of the world to pro-
claim His gospel. During the present
College year, week-end evangelistic
campaigns have been held in Detroit,
Niagara Falls, Burlington, Hagersville,
and Meaford. In addition, many brief
campaigns have been held in city
churches, and large sections of the city
and suburbs have been visited in an
effort to win souls to Christ.

At the time of writintr, we have

of His kingdom, that He would also
raise up men of faith and vision to
furnish the means required for their
training. The College is now facing
the need of further development, and
for this it is waiting on God to provide.

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records of over 6,000 homes that have
been visited, and a number of people
have been led to a definite acceptance
of Jesus Christ as a result of this work.
Several groups of students carry on
regular work in the hospitals of To-
ronto, not only \isiting during the
week, but also holding services on
Sunday mornings, singing the gospel,
and bringing cheer to the sufferers.

A great many children's meetings,
young people's meetings, women's
meetings, missionary meetings, and
cottage meetings are directed by the
students, from year to year. We have
on record for the present year hun-
dreds of such meetings, at which stu-
dents have brought messages from
God's truth. Students liaxe also pro-
vided music either vocal or instrumen-
tal, at several hundreds of services
during the year, and there is an in-
creasing demand, on the part of the
churches, for this type of ministry.

The records show that at the time
of writing, over 3,000 individuals have
been dealt with, and over 400 have
been led to a definite acceptance of
Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord,
through the services conducted by the
students of the College.

When one adds to this the personal
witness of the 330 young men and
women enrolled in the day classes and
the 370 enrolled in the evening classes,
in all the churches with which they
are identified in the city and beyond,
one begins to form some articulate
conception of the ministry of the To-
ronto Bible College.

This work is carried on under stu-

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dent supervision. F.ach year a cabinci
is elected by the studeni body, to pre-
side over student affairs. It has a
membership oi nine persons, who meet
reguhuly for prayer and consultation.
All aspects of student life are undei
student government. A representative
for each department of student effori
sits on this cabinet, so that the cabinet
acts as the radiating centre from which
all this activity is directed.

Each Wednesday morning at 7.30.
in the library of the school, you will
fmd this group waiting upon God for
His direction in the affairs of the week.
On Tuesday morning at the same
hour, the Evangelistic Band meets to
plan its programme for several weeks
ahead. On Wednesday at noon, the
members of the Missionary E.xecutive
gather for prayer and the furtherance
of the missionary interests of the
school. The Dcxotional and Social
Executi\"es likewise meet reirularlv.

I'hese branches of work form a\enues
through which the Christian life and
service of the students How to the
world around them.

The ministry of Toronto Bible Col-
lege is not confined to Ontario. Hun-
dreds of students have gone out to the
mission fields of the W(Mld, and arc
to be found serving Cod in all parts
of the globe. This week's mail brcjught
letters from Ethiopia, China, India,
and Spain. What a great host they
form to-day! And what a multitude
will gather around our Father's throne
on high, as a result of this universal
ministry carried on by the students of
Toronto Bible College!

May we suggest to our readers that
as the Schools of the Prophets helped
to keep alive the torch of truth in the
decadent periods of the history of
Israel, so our College, in these days of
depression and decline, is steadfastly
"Holdine Forth the Word of Truth''

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Saturday afternoon, Februar\- 2,
after a week of prayer at the College.
saw about forty students begin visita-
tion work in the Oakwood district.
They set out two by two (accordin?i
to apostolic custom) after prayer and
instructions, armed with note-books,
tracts, invitations to the meetings, and
the Sword of the Spirit. Eager, earnest
and enthusiastic, their spirit reminded
me of the spirit of the forty soldiers,
members of that famous Roman regi-
ment "'The Thundering Legion" who
refused to renounce Christ and ac-
cepted death singing:

"Fort\ wrestlers have come out to
wrestle for Thee.
Give them. 0 Christ, the \ictory."

And Chris't gave them victory, for
when they returned to the church
they reported four conversions and
many other profitable inter\iews.

This work was repeated on the two
succeeding Saturdays and. in a lesser
degree, throughout the weeks. Twenty
conversions were reported throueh visi-
tation, and the ten who decide.! for
Christ during the public meetings were
all reached through the visitation v.ork.
Two incidents will illustrate the calibre
of the work done. A young mother
was led to Christ one afternoon. Next
day the two who had led her to Christ
spoke to a man on the street and had
the joy of leading him to the Saviour.
On asking his name and address they
found (to their astonishment) that he
was the husband of the woman just
mentioned. How true it is that:

"God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform".

Three lads were brought to Christ
as they were going home from public
school. In a drivcwav thev removed

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llieir caps and praNccl under the ilircc-
liion of two students, and yielded
thenisches to Christ.

.\h>re tlian lhii"l\- public sei\ices
were conducted by the students dur-
ing the campaign. Children's meetings
were held e\er\' da\-, and from these
gixjups were formed two choirs which
occupied the platform on the two Fri-
day e\'enings. The three Sunday even-
ings saw the chureli crowded to capa-
city. Many more than could be com-
fortably accommodated came, and on
one Sunday an overflow meeting had
to be conducted.

In my estimation it was one of the
most constructive campaigns I have
ever witnessed. The Gospel was pre-
sented with power and simplicity at
every service. No two meetings were
the same, yet, paradoxically^ no two
were different. Different faces, differ-
ent v^oices, different approaches, yet a
continuity ran through the messages,
music, testimonies, and leadership. Tt

was relreshing to hear the sweet Gos-
pel declared in its manifold aspects
with simplicity and freshness. It was
inspiring to hear the testimonies given
night after night with earnestness and
winsomeness. There were no digres-
sions or deviations froni a straightfor-
ward positi\'e message. The members
of the church, and all who attended
these meetings, were strengthened in
their faith in the reality of Christ and
sah'ation.

In closing may I say that the stu-
dents are a credit to the College. Over
a hundred took part in this campaign,
and all did so humbly yet capably,
trusting in the power of prayer and
the unction of the Spirit.

Alay^ I express my personal gratitude
and that of Oakwood Baptist Church,
and mJany others, to the members of
the faculty for their co-operation, and
to the members of the student body
for their service, in the Master's Name.
Anderson Linton, Alinister.

(Uoronto Alumni l^ranrl)

In the fall of 1934, there was or-
ganized in Toronto a branch of the
General Alumni Association. For some
time it had been felt that there ought
to be a strong branch in this city, to
give leadership to an idea which is
gaining favor among the graduates,
that of uniting in small groups through-
out the world, to strengthen the fel-
lowship which commenced in under-
graduate days.

Graduating classes are organi/.ed for
the continuation of the fellowship of
their members, but very few classes
have a sufficient number gathered at
one place, at any given time, to make
their meeting worth while. However,
in many places of the world there are
graduates of the College over the forty
years of its ministry, in sufficient num-
bers to warrant their getting together
for the continuance of their College

fellowship. A fine group has been
carrying on in Kitchener for some
years. Last year, a group was formed
in Hamilton; this year, one has been
formed in Toronto, and suggestions
have been m!ade for the formation of
groups In other centres, even extend-
ing to Africa and China where a great
many graduates and former students
are engaged In missionary^ service.

The Toronto group is holding a fel-
lowship meeting on the third Friday
of each month, at the College, and
extends an invitation to all former stu-
dents of the College who are residing
In Toronto and vlcinit}'. to keep this
night free each month, and join the
fellowship. The group will be glad to
receh'c visits from any who are Inter-
ested in the work of the College, and
former students who are \isiting the
city will be welcome at the meetings.

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'I'he purpose of ihe I'oroiUo group
is not only to conser\c fellowship, but
also to strcnirthcn interest in the worlc
of the College among that great group
in the city who ha\e benefited by its
ministry. For example, they have ac-
cepted the principle of a monthly con-
tribution to tlie work of the College,
and they recommend that as far as
possible this be practised by all former
students. It is not the large amount
per month, but the regularity of the
gifts that is going to tell in the long
run in helping forward the growth of
the work of the College.

Then, too, they ha\e secured a list
of the graduates and former students
who are serving on the foreign field,
and are planning to appoint home cor-
respondents from their group, to keep
in touch with these students. This
ministry will be greatly appreciated
by the missionaries, who are always
eager to get news from the home base.

Their fellowship is to be further
strengthened by an annual banquet,
which this year is to be held on
March 15, and at which Rev. Dr. A.
B. Winchester, pastor emeritus of
Knox Presbyterian Church, Toronto,
is to give the address. The College
orchestra is to play.

Tlu- I'oronto group has also taken
dmm the responsibility of conducting
the annual picnic, wliich heretofore
has been carried jointly by the (jeneral
Alumni .Association and the luening
Class Student Cabinet. Uur friends
outside Toronto will feel that this is
a forward step in our Alumni organiz-
ation. We hope that in the course of
its de\elopment the Toronto group
will be able to furnish leadership and
suggestions for local groups in nearby
centres, pro\iding speakers and singers
for these smaller groups and arrang-
ing a general interchange of delegates
between group and group.

An endea\or is being made to
organize an Alumni ciioir. This may
be available for groups as far west as
London. We shall be glad to hear,
not only from those who reside in
Toronto, but also from those living
elsewhere, regarding this matter, and
the Toronto group will greatly appre-
ciate any suggestions that any member
of the General Alumni has to make
regarding the development of the
Alumni as a whole. To those who are
within reach of the College, we add
that your presence at the annual ban-
quet on .\Iarcli 15 will be greatly ap-
preciated.

The Annual Spring Banquet

OF THE GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

(and complimentary banquet to the 1935 graduating classes)

will be held at the College on

Thursday, April 2 5th at 6 p.m.

Charge 25c.

The annual reports of the student body will be presented in the Assembly

Hall at 8 o'clock the same evening. All friends of the College are invited.

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SiiKlfiUs of by-m>no days who were
accuslonicd lo usinu the library on the
west side of the old building, will be
glad to get some information regard-
ing the use made of the library in our
new College home.

To a student of the days prior to
1^)28, the first thing that would be
noticeable in the present library, is
that it no longer serves as a common
meeting place for those who are n(;t
attending the lectures. The common
rooms and the reading room are to b.:
found in other parts of the building,
and the library is for ihc [nirpose of
studying. Therefore, there is a quiet-
ness and a mental challenge about its
atmosphere which helps the student
to detach himself from what is going
on in the College halls and to settle
down to the mastery of those things
that are before him.

Again, an olci student returning to
his Aima Alater would observe that
the new library is much more orderly.
He would find that a librarian is in
charge; that the majority of the book^
are catalogued on the same basis as
books in other college libraries; that
he can go to the index and find what
he wants, at a moment's notice; that
he will be assisted in locating his
books by the librarian in charge; that
he will have no other interests com-
peting for his attention while he at-
tempts to spend a period of time in
the mastery of his subject. This is all
to the good, and is as it ought to be.

He would discover, again, that the
usual number of magazines to be

found in many lil:)raries are to be
found in the reading room on the
opposite side of the hall, so that those
who are interested merely in current
events, and not study, are not occupy-
ing space in the library, which really
belongs to those who require it more
urgently.

Nevertheless, if an old student hap-
pened to drop in during the weeks
immediately prior to the examinations
in the spring, he would be more put
to it to find a chair upon which to sit
down, than he was in the old build-
ing ten or fifteen years ago. The rea-
son is that the present enrolment of
the day classes, numbering three hun-
dred and thirty-two, has already over-
taxed the capacity of the building.

The Cdllege requires more library
space to-day, as it requires more of
other kinds of space. It will be glad
to receive donations of the right kind
of books fronV friends who are inter-
ested in its advancement. It will ap-
preciate the prayerful support of the
people of God, who can spread its
needs before the Lord, especially in
these days of increasing challenge.

Mig-ht we say to our former stu-
dents, that we are always glad to be
of service to them in connection with
the use of books and magazines, pro-
\iding that this does *not iinterfere
with the needs of the present student
b(Kly. The library is used now by a
number of Toronto ministers and lay-
men who find it of great advantage
to be able to consult its shelves in the
preparation for their ministry.

The First Annual Banquet of

TORONTO ALUMNI BRANCH

all be held in the College Dining Hall on

Friday. March 15th, at 6.30

Address by Rev. Dr. A. B. Winchester

Music by the College Orchestra

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At Cassatla^M, N.V.. on June 5,
a daughter ((JwNnetli l*'llen) was born
to Rev. and Mrs. W. |. Jones (Helen
P Lindsay '37).

At Toronto on September 13, a S(^n
( (ames Duncan) was born to Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Macdonald (Florence
- en "37).

At Rocky Hill, New Jersey, on Sep-
tember 2S, a son (Donald Secor)
was born to Re\ . and Mrs. Harold
Pang'born (Helen .Anderson '37).

A daughter (Helen Louise) was born
on December 10, at Caico, Rio
Grande do Norte, Brazil. South Am-
erica, to Rev. ('36) and Mrs. Edward
Haugh.

A daughter (Dorothy Joyce) was
born on December 30 to Dr. C22) and
Mrs. J. Edgar Graham at Hankow.
Hupeh, China.

A daughter (Elizabeth Louise) was
'■">!n at \'on, Nigeria, on January 9,
\lr. and Mrs. John 0. PJrcy (Alary
.•^uttie, both '33).

-\ son (Donald James) was born on
Alonday, January 14, at Berlin, Ger-
many, to Air. and Airs. James Hutchi-
son (Nellie Poole, both '31).

A daughter (Grace Carol) was born
on February 15 to Air. and Airs. C.
Ernest Tatham at Lakefield (both '39).

On October 34. at Zebuk, Nigeria,
B.W.A., Frances Leaker ('31) was
married to Air. J. N. Aliller who is a
graduate of Aloody Bible Institute.
Air. and Airs. Aliller are stationed at
Zebuk and are engaged in out-station
work, going from village to village and
helping in the school work and the
preaching.

On December 35, at Gelengu, Ni-
geria. E. Alarie Timpany ('33) was
m'arried to Walter F.. Schultz who is a

graduate of .Mood)' Bible Institute.
.Mr. and Airs. Schultz are relieving
.Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson who are on
their way home for furlough.

Rev. Duncan E. McDonald ('11)
was married to Margaret Jane Moore
on January 1, by Rev. A. C. Stewart
of Chalmers Presbyterian Church.

Gladstone Franklin ('22) was mar-
ried on October 37, to a Christian
lady of Costa Rica. Recently .Mr. and
Mrs. Franklin have been evangelizing
in the districts of Esparta, Jesus Marie,
Orotine. and l^rentarenas. They may
be addressed at Santa Barbara de
Heradea. Costa Rica, Central .America.

Alargaret E. Burritt ('33), and R.
Edward Harlow ('33), were married
at the College on Saturday, ALarch 9.
by Principal McNicol. Elizabeth Fer-
guson ('31) attended the bride, and
Edgar Burritt ('35) ga\e his sister in
marriage. I'he reception for Air. and
Mrs. Harlow was held at the home of
Barbara Beal ('31) at 383 Eglinton
A\enue l^ast.

George Darby ('31) was ordained
to the work of the Gospel ministry on
December 19, in the Victoria Gospel
Tabernacle, Hamilton, by a council of
.Associated Gospel Churches of On-
tario. On January 1, Air. Darby
succeeded the Rev. James AlacFarlane
as pastor of \ ictoria Avenue Taber-
nacle.

Hilda Alcllroy, R.N. ('31) has been
appointed by the Church Alissionary
Society of London, England to work
in China. She will be stationed at
Hangchow in the Province of Che-
kiang. This Society carries on the
greater part of the foreign missionary
work of the Church of England.

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In a letter lioni Tom Drxois (".33),
mailed troin AcUlis Ababa, I'.lhiopia,
he tells ot |his first impressions of
heathenism. "Africa, in the raw, is
seen at Djibouti: e\erythinir from
naked sa\ai:ery to iIk- well-dressed
nati\e, which means, half naiix'c dress
and half Kiiropean. 'I"he tiain from
Djibouti to Addis was a re\elation —
the most discomfort for the most
money. Xeverthcless, we praise God
we didn't ha\'e to trek over that foui
hundred and eighty-fne miles of burn-
ing hot lava rocks and sand hills. All
the way from the sea to Addis it is
climb, climb, climb. For the past few-
weeks I have 'been busy at language
study. Little has been accomplished
among the natives — just a handful of
converts. Pray for Ethiopia and its
twelve millions, that God may ha\e
sons and daughters from this sin-sick
land."

Donald Stockford ('34) was recent-
ly ordained to the work of the Gospel
ministry by a council of the Churches
of Christ of the Maritime Provinces.
He may now be addressed at R.R. 2,
Lakewood, near Saint John, N.B.

Letters have recently been received
from Vlf Cronhielm. Bill Rae. and

Jim Smail, all ol "34, telling of their
[progress in learning the Chinese lang-
uage at Hwaining, Anhwei. Bill Rae
writes: "As I sit, or stand here day
by day and gi\"e myself v/holly to it,
1 ha\e a lexi hanging before me con-
tinually, aiul it keeps me from dis-
couragement and despair; it is (Ex.
18:23) 'If (lod command thee, thou
shalt be able.' I thought at first that
the study of Chinese was going to be
a weary drudgery, and it might have
been but for the fact that I make the
whole matter an occasion for fellow-
ship and communion with the Lord Ly
praying o\-er everything. I pray
through the characters, idioms, and
tones, and so it is no drudgery at all
but a real joy: and too, the Lord is
blessing me in this method, and help-
ing me to understand it. We have had
two exams, already. I only got "fairly
good" on the first, but that was be-
cause I did more worrying than pray-
ing. We had the other last \Yeek, and
I got "very good." And so judging
from results it would seem that the
praying method is the best, and the
one which all students, whether of
Chinese or anything else, should
adopt.

I'hc annual Communion Ser\ice of the College will be held
in the Assembly Hall on Sunday morning, April 21, at eleven
o'clock. Friends of the College are cordialh' in\ited to attend.

The Graduating Exercises of the
41st Session
will be held in

MASSEY HALL

on

Friday, April 26th

All friends of the College are invited to attend

Doors open at 7.00 p.m.